Display device for textile goods and similar articles



Get. 12 I926. 1,603,145

G- EADMORE DISPLAY DEVICE FOR TEXTILE GOODS AND SIMILAK'AR'IICLES Filed April 4 1925 V 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 G. PADMORE DISPLAY DEVICE FOR TEXTILE GOODS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES Filed April 4.1925 -2 Sheets-Sheet 2 MWE/krok Patented Get; 12, 1926 p it :e e e P PMQ' O ei l sm EN AND nsr'tny nnvrcn" r03 TEX ILE Goonsnitn sIM ILAn' narrows;

Application filed April'; 19.25;"SeriaP3113203719, and in er eat-nritanin fiii4, 1924.;

This invention i'sffor improvements-in relating to display devices for textile goods and similar articles of the type comprising a supporting bar froxnivhichthe article to be displayed is suspende'd'for otherwise sup ported. The. display device is'partioul-arly applicable for 'usein connectionwith hosier-y, ties, gloves and other articles of Wearing ap arel; ribbons and; cloth, but it is not liifiited'to this particular t es and maybe em} ployed in ,nian'y titherj'ciroumstanees; The supporting bar aforesaid will usually bedstaohabl-y receivedbyia PWindO-W' standard or similar carrier and may have '5 a d own weirdly-turned end to be received in 'a per foration in the carrier so as to permit the bar to be swunghoriz'ontally intoanyrcom venient position. 1 I f v I Thelinvention has" for one ofits objects to provide a display devicevvhich shall be neat in appearance and which can be'almcst com pletely concealedif desired bythear'ticlebe- 4 J. 3 i 1 r r Figure 1 isagperspeotive vie vio f one form ing, displayed, and which, fu'rtheiunore Will hold suchjarticle' securely vv ithout'fear of displacement Whileat thesai'ne tiniepermitting the article to be readilyplaced inpositionjand'removed; p

According to the primary feature of the present invention there is provided, a dis play device of the type desc-ribedtvhichis characterized by the v combination "with the supporting barof a vvrappinginelnberfso mounted on the bar as togbe rotatable about the same, around or through which member,

' rotated theuarticle to be displayed vvi llifhe or between which member and p the bar, the article to 'be 'displ ayedcan :be passed 'or threaded, so that'when the said men beris Wrapped around itxa'n'd the/bar in-sue man ner as to developsuch wrappin'girnember and the barin one'and the same'turn, and clamping means movable (for example endwise of thejb'ar)i-into and out ofoperative clamping position for locking the said I gripping 'lne nberto thebar, f g v I The Wrapping'member may comprise a rod. arranged substantially parallelio. the I supporting. bar and extending between arms whereby itis rotatably' mounted on said bar, with onwithout adistance piece between said arms to resist their undue, displacement to vvards each other alonig gthe Ybariandnthe Wrap in mem t ma 7 r v dp the 'pp t ne e tb ween' lamp n u m at least o'ne oi which is movable, (for exann ple along screwthread's or against spring" 'pressure')j lengthvviseof the According to afifufithe'r featurejof theinvention the eonneotion betvveen the aforesaid arms and V the supporting ban issuch as to permit the,

rod-to be'adjusted towards and from the bar.

By this means theartiole-eto -be displayed can; be firmly grippedbetweenthe bar and the supporting rod attelr which therodoan, bejr clampedin i position whereupon no unde' sired displacement 10f thearticle canoe eur. rapping 'rnen -be-r' mayfhave prongs for-securin' tieletolbedisplayedfi a For amore complete-understandingoijthe invention therewill new described; by

Way'o fi exampleonly and with referenceto the accompanying d-ratvi'nfggfa number of constructions oi display device according to theinvention. Ibis to" be understoodyhowiever that the inVentiOn 'isnDt restricted to I the precise constructional detailsset forthg In these d rawin'gs zf of display device ac'ordingtothe invention;

Figure 2 a' corresponding-view ofalnodb I se'cti0n,illustrating ohe'rnethod'ofusing the device illustrated-in Figure *F-ig'l lrej is on; a scale rg thali h "Of th Precedin F gure, 5- is a side; elevation 'oi another formiof display deviceaccordingto thein vention.

Figure 6- is a perspective vieyv', partly in section; of a; further cohstruetion.

other construction; and j?- Figure '10; is as milarviewota further construction. d

I I 'mannastrea gee 1 "tion'of anothenrno'dification, t Figure 9 is agper'spe'etive sti ll n:

Like reference'nu-inerals indicate like plagrts re eive V said in the form of a gripping member which" comprises a wire 14 whereof the ends are bent to form loops 15 and 16 through which the bar 10 is threaded. vThese loops,-

therefore, constitute arms whereby thegripping member is rotatably mounted on the bar 10 in such a'manner that its portlon 14 can be adjusted toward and from the the wrapping member also in the form of a gripping member comprises two rods 18 and r 19' which lie substantially parallel to each other and are connected at each end by arms 20 and 21 which are slotted to receive the main bar 10. In this construction there is no need to provide a distance tube such as 17 between the arms. i

Theconstruction shown in Figure 3 embodies, a gripping member similar toy that illustrated in Figure 2, but the main supporting bar 10 instead of having a bent end is carried by the free ends of a U-shaped frame 22 having intermediate of its length a bent rod23 for reception in a carrier. Such a carrier is illustrated in chain lines '7 at 24 in Figure 4 and this figure also shows one method of using the display device. As illustrated therein, the end of the article to be displayed may be threaded between the rod 18 and the main supporting bar 10, the rod being brought sufficiently near to the bar to afford efi lcient gripping of the article. After the latter has thus been threaded-in position the gripping member may be rotated about the bar 10 to wrap around it a sufficient length of the article to afford such amount of frictional grip as will prevent the article from falling out of position so long as rotation of the gripping member is prevented. The gripping member may be prevented 'from rotation by screwing'the nut 13 tightly againstihthus jamming the gripping member between the nutand the collar 12.. r The articlecan thusjhang freely and in natural fiat formation provided that a suitable width ofdisplay device is chosen,

while substantially the whole of the latter The construction shownin Figure 6 is somewhat similar to Figure 5. I However, instead of the end of the rod being screw threaded to receive a nut, it is provided with a fixed collar 27 between which and the disc 26 a coiled spring 28 is housed.

The disc 25 carries a pin 29 which is adapted to besnapped into any one of a series of perforations 30 in the collar 12 and in this way the wrapping member can be maintainedin any desired setting about the bar 10.

In the construction shown in- Figure 7 the main supporting bar 10 is surrounded by a tube 31 which is located between its collar 12 and nut 13, with the interposition of a washer 32 if desired, and this tube 31 is slotted at 33 to permit of the insertion of prongs 34 into-position to have the bar 10 threaded through them. The prongs 34 are intended to obtain agrip upon the article to be displayed, and it will be appreciated that the prongs with the tube 31 can betrotated about the bar 10 to wrap a sufficient portion of the article to be displayed about thegoar, after which the nut 13 canbe tightene V Figure 8 also illustrates a construction embodving prongs for obtaining a grip upon the article to be displayed, but in this construction the prongs are formed by the sharpened out-turned ends of a strip 35 which is attached to the outside of a tube 2 36 through which the bar 10 is threaded.

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the tube 36 adjacent to the shoulder 38 is serrated as indicated at 39 to co-operate with a pin 40 projecting from the collar 12. The nut 13 serves to adjust the tension of the spring 37 and the latter will operate to maintain the tube in any desired setting about the rod 10, any desired one of the serrations 39' being brought opposite to the pin 40. V s

The construction shown in Figure 9 follows the lines of that illustrated'in Figure '8 and preferably embodies serrations such as 39 and a pin such as 40 although these are not illustrated. The spring 37 is surrounded by a square tube 41 and the latter has slidably mounted upon it wires 42 which are bent and sharpened. to afford prongs.

The construction shown in Figure 10 is similar to that shown in Figure 7' save that it comprises in additiona rod 43 attached at its ends to slotted arms 44 and 45 through which the bar 10 is threaded. The rod 43, which, like the rod 14 for example, is adjustable to and from the bar 10, is intended to co-operate with the prongs 34 to grip the article to be displayed.

The display device may be set either'horiwith either a singleclampingi arrangement a for all the gripping membersor a separate clamping means for "each one as preferred.- By having-the supporting bar detachable from its stand, it will be appreciate'd that the articles to be displayed can be arranged in position before they are transferred to the site of the stand which is a convenience where space is retr cted.

mented as desired and'it is tobe understood that theflinvention is not restricted to the precise constructional details 'hereinbefore set forth. Y I

I claim: v 1. A display device similar articles, comprising in combination a supporting barfor the article to be dis-f played, a wrapping member rotatably car;

ried by said" bar and between which and the bar the article tobe displayed can be passed and subsequently'be'wrapped around the wrapping member and the bar in 'one and the same turn in such'fa manner asito conceal the same and depend freely therefrom in flat formation," and clamping means carried by the bar and movable in" the direction of length of'the bar into and h a supporting bar for the article 'to be disout of operative clamping position for looking the said Wrapping member to'the bar."

2. A display device for textile goods and s milar articles, comprising in combination played, a wrapping member-carried by said bar and around which the article to be displayed can be Wrapped in such a manner as to envelop the wrapping member andbar in one and the same turn and depend freely therefron'r in flat formation, and clampingabutments on the bar between which the wrapping member is received, one of which abutinents is movable relatively to' the'other" lengthwise of the bar.

' 3. A displayv device for textile'goods and similar articles,'.comprising in combination a supporting bar for the article tobe displayed, a wrapping member comprising a' rod arranged substantially parallel to the supporting bar, arms between which the rod extends and by which it is rotatably mounted on said bar, and a distance piece between said arms whereby the article to be disfor textile goods andv played can be threaded between the rod and the bar and subsequently-be wrapped around the wrapping member and the bar to em velop the same in, one and the same ,turn, and clamping means carried by the bar and movable into and out of operative'clamping position for co-operating with the said dis- [tancepiece in to. the bar;

locking the-wrapping member f'T' t. A display, device for" textile goods and similar articles, comprising in combination asupporting bar for the article to be disv 1 played, a wrapping'member comprising a The display device maybe made of metal or other suitable material and may be orna-' rod arranged substantially parallel "to the:

supporting bar, arms between which the rod 1 extends and-by which it is rotatablymounted on said'bar', and a, distance piece concen- .trically arrangedabout the bar between said. arms whereby the article to be displayed can be threaded between the rod and the bar, and subsequently be wrapped around the 'wrapping'meinber and the bar to: en

velop' the sameiin one and the. same turn, andclamping means on the bar for co-op crating. with the said distance piece n looking the Wrapping member to the bar. y

5. A display device for textile goods and similar articles, comprising in combination a supporting bar for the article to-bedisplayed,a wrapping member rotatably car'- ried by said bar and around which the-an ticle to be displayed can be wrappedto envelop the wrapping member and bar in one and'thesame turn, prongs on'gs'aid bearing to engage and hold the article andclamping means carried by the bar for'locking the, I

wrapping member to the bar.

6.I A, display device for textile goods and similar articles, comprising in combination a supporting bar for the articleto be displayed, a wrapping member having its ends carried by saidbar in such a manner as to be rotatable about the bar and around which wrapping member the article to be displayed member and bar in one and the same turn prongs extend surrounding said bar between the ends of the, wrapping member, and

= can be wrapped toenvelop the wrapping clamping means onthe bar for cooperating with said distance piece in. looking the said wrappi ngmemberto the bar.

In testimony whereof I aflix signature.

GEORGE PAD ORE. 

